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Udumbara is strength, food is strength; verily by strength he wins for him strength and food. Agni is
the consecrated of gods, the piler of the fire of men; therefore when it rains a piler of the fire should
not run, for he has thus obtained food; rain is as it were food; if he were to run he would be running
from food. He should go up to it; verily be goes up -to food [2]. 'Night and dawn', (with these
words) he offers with the milk of a black cow with a white calf; verily by the day he bestows night
upon him, by night day; verily day and night being bestowed upon him milk his desire and the
eating of food. He offers the supporters of the kingly power; verily he wins the kingdom. He offers
with six (verses); the seasons are six; verily he finds support in the seasons. 'O lord of the world',
(with these words) he offers five libations at the chariot mouth; the chariot is a thunderbolt; verily
with the thunderbolt he conquers the quarters [3]. In yonder world the wind blows over the piler of
the fire; he offers the names of the winds; verily over him in yonder world the wind blows; three he
offers, these worlds are three; verily from these worlds he wins the wind. 'Thou art the ocean, full of
mist', he says; that is the form of the wind; verily by the form he wins the wind. He offers with his
clasped hands, for not other wise can the oblation of these be accomplished.
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The chariot of the gods is yoked for the world of heaven, the chariot of man for wherever his
intention is fixed; the fire is the chariot of the gods. 'Agni I yoke with glory, with ghee', he says;
verily he yokes him; he, yoked, carries him to the world of heaven. If he were to yoke with all five
together, his fire yoked would fall away, the libations would be without support, the Stomas without
support, the hymns without support. He strokes (the fire) with three (verses) at the morning
pressing; the fire is threefold [1]; verily he yokes the full extent of the fire; that is as when
something is placed on a yoked cart; the oblations find support, the Stomas find support, the hymns
find support. He strokes with two (verses) in the Stotra of the Yajñayajñiya; the sacrifice is as great
as is the Agnistoma; a further extension is performed over and above it; verily he mounts at the end
the whole extent of the sacrifice. (He strokes) with two (verses), for support; when it is not
completed by one (verse), then [2] does he stroke; the rest of the sacrifice resorts to him; (verily it
serves) for continuity. He who piles up the fire falls away from this world; his libation cannot be
performed in a place without bricks; whatever libation he offers in a place without bricks, it runs
away, and with its running away the sacrifice is ruined, with the sacrifice the sacrificer; in that he
piles up a second piling, (it is) to support the libations; the libations find support [3], the sacrifice is
not ruined, nor the sacrificer. He puts down eight; the Gayatri has eight syllables; verily he piles it
with the Gayatri metre; if eleven, with the Tristubh, if twelve with the Jagati verily he piles it with
the metres. The fire that is re-piled is called the descendant; he who knowing thus re-piles the fire
eats food up to the third generation. The re-piling is like the re-establishment of the fire; he who
does not succeed through the establishment of the fire [4] re-establishes it; he who does not succeed
by the piling up of the fire re-piles it. In that he piles up the fire, (it is) for prosperity. Or rather they
say, 'one should not pile it up.' The fire is Rudra, and it is as if one stirs up a sleeping lion. But again
they say, 'One should pile it up.' It is as if one awakens a richer man with his due portion. Manu
piled the fire; with it he did not prosper; he saw this re-piling, he piled it, with it he prospered; in
that he piles the re-piling, (it is) for prosperity.
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He who desires cattle should pile a piling with the metres; the metres are cattle; verily he becomes
rich in cattle. He should pile in hawk shape who desires the sky; the hawk is the best flier among
birds; verily becoming a hawk he flies to the world of heaven. He should pile in heron form who
desires, 'May I be possessed of a head in yonder world'; verily he becomes possessed of a head in
yonder world. He should pile in the form of an Alaja bird, with four furrows, who desires support;
there are four quarters; verily he finds support in the quarters. He should pile in the form of a
triangle, who has foes [1]; verily he repels his foes. He should pile in triangle form on both sides,
who desires, 'May I repel the foes I have and those I shall have'; verily he repels the foes he has and
those he will have. He should pile in the form of a chariot wheel, who has foes; the chariot is a
thunderbolt; verily he hurls the thunderbolt at his foes. He should pile in the form of a wooden
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